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Kirsten Gillibrand: “It's very expensive to be poor in this country.”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Podcast Interview with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Her Presidential Campaign and Policy Proposals

Published | Video Starts at 40:10

And in the economy, like, you'll see, one of the issues that you guys have talked about is postal banking. 30% of our country doesn't have access to a savings account. Do you know what? It's very expensive to be poor in this country. It means that if you have to wire some money to your mother, who's in Puerto Rico, they're going to charge you maybe 20% of what you just sent her. (40:10–40:13)

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Asserts that being poor in the U.S. incurs high costs.

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